Anthropic Study: AI and Robots Can Already Cover 81% of U.S. Employment Tasks
Polymarket · x · 2026-10-08
An Anthropic study estimates that AI and robotics combined are already capable of performing tasks covering 81% of U.S. employment, suggesting automation's potential labor-market impact is far larger than previously assumed.
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